I believe that in former times the number of uneducated people with few skills were much higher than today. Unlike today there were plenty of jobs for those who

I believe that in former times the number of uneducated people with few skills were much higher than today. Unlike today there were plenty of jobs for those who had no education nor skills. Only the difficulty with finding gainful employment for those people - and the need for founders, makers etc. - draws our attention to them in the first place (a microtrend of glorification of those people through shows like the one you've mentioned nonwithstanding). Regarding the upper class who does not work that maybe the trust fund kids?